During my visit to the biological museum in Stockholm, I saw a “skvader” on display. A Skvader is fantasy hybrid of a hare and a capercaillie. In the late 19th…
Rabbits Everywhere Posts
“After dessert, it was time to go. The rabbits found their coats by candlelight. Then they said goodbye all around before they set out.” Taken from Beatrix Potter’s frieze The…
“For dessert, the rabbits roasted apples. They tied apples to strings and hung them by the fire. The rabbit who watched them used a cabbage leaf to keep her face…
“When the piper became tired, the rabbits started a game of “Blind Man’s Bluff.” One rabbit would be blindfolded. Then that rabbit would try to tag the other rabbits. When…
“After dinner, the table was pushed aside, and the rabbits danced in a circle. One rabbit provided music by playing the pipe.” Taken from Beatrix Potter’s frieze The Rabbit’s Christmas…
“The room was decorated for Christmas with holly on the walls. When the rabbits sat down to eat, there were not enough chairs. So some rabbits sat on baskets.” Taken…
Beatrix Potter’s “The Rabbit’s Christmas Party” is a frieze made in 1890. This work of art is like looking into my soul. Here’s the story: “On a wet December day,…
I’m reposting this from the always lovely Beatrix Potter IG account. Rabbits really do love Christmas and you can see this clearly in Potter’s “The Rabbit’s Christmas Party”. I dearly…
Today is Advent Sunday or first Sunday of Advent. To many, this day signifies the the countdown to Christmas. It is also, “kind-of”, marks the day when people start Christmas…